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Sao Pedro São Paulo story
The archipelago of São Pedro São Paulo is the most remote territory in Brazil. Located between Brazil and Africa, it is smaller than a football field but accounts for 6% of the national territory since it expands the national coast. Made of small rocks, the inhospitable territory has no fresh water, electricity, trees, or a strip of sand. The only inhabitants are crabs and birds, which cover the rocks with excrement. The islands suffer daily seismic shocks for being the top of a large submerged mountain ranged 5,000 meters deep. A lighthouse and a small scientific base measuring 45 square meters are the only buildings in the archipelago.
To reach São Pedro São Paulo, it takes 4 days aboard a tugboat, and to visit the archipelago an authorization from the Navy is mandatory. The importance of inhabiting these rocks by Brazilian researchers is the gain of a 300-kilometer strip of commercial ocean exploration in Brazil. On assignment for Folha de São Paulo.
To reach São Pedro São Paulo, it takes 4 days aboard a tugboat, and to visit the archipelago an authorization from the Navy is mandatory. The importance of inhabiting these rocks by Brazilian researchers is the gain of a 300-kilometer strip of commercial ocean exploration in Brazil. On assignment for Folha de São Paulo.
